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  • Cover of Footfall
    FootfallNovel

    Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle · standalone novel · 1985

    Science fiction, tense in tone, about aliens, set in our world.

    “When aliens travel to Earth from Alpha Centauri, differences between alien and human psychology result in an unprovoked invasion, and the resulting resistance results in the aliens' use of a devastating weapon.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Invasion
    InvasionNovel

    Robin Cook · standalone novel · 1997

    Science fiction, tense in tone, about aliens, set in our world.

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  • Cover of Childhood's End
    Childhood's EndNovel

    Arthur C. Clarke · standalone novel · 1953

    Science fiction, about aliens, set in our world and near future.

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  • 三S
    三体系列 / Santi / Remembrance of Earth's PastSeries

    series · 4 books · 2006

    Science fiction and hard science fiction, about aliens, set in other star systems.

    Start with The Three-Body Problem →

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  • Cover of After Such Knowledge
    After Such KnowledgeSeries

    series · 7 books · 1953

    completed

    “After Such Knowledge is James Blish's loosely linked trilogy on the costs of forbidden or dangerous knowledge.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Doctor Mirabilis →

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  • Cover of The Wanderer
    The WandererNovel

    Fritz Leiber · standalone novel · 1964

    Science fiction, about aliens and survival, set in our world.

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